Dan Stevens
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Series
Language
English
Description
CRIME & MYSTERY. The famous Orient Express, thundering along on its three days' journey across Europe, came to a sudden stop in the night. Snowdrifts blocked the line at a desolate spot somewhere in the Balkans. Everything was deathly quiet. "Decidedly I suffer from the nerves," murmured Hercule Poirot, and fell asleep again. He awoke to find himself very much wanted. For in the night murder had been committed. Mr. Ratchett, an American millionaire,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Novelist David Martin lives in an abandoned mansion in Barcelona writing baroque tales about the city's underworld. He is contacted by French editor Andreas Corelli to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return he will receive a fortune, and maybe more.
5) The rental
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two couples on an oceanside getaway grow suspicious that the host of their seemingly perfect rental house may be spying on them. Before long, what should have been a celebratory weekend trip turns into something far more sinister, as well-kept secrets are exposed and the four old friends come to see each other in a whole new light..
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is the story of the magical journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer), Tiny Tim and other classic characters from *A Christmas Carol*. Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) mixed real life inspirations with his vivid imagination to conjure up unforgettable characters and a timeless tale, forever changing the holiday season into the celebration we know today. Nominated for Achievement in Visual Effects, Best Adapted Screenplay...
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Matt Scudder is an ex-NYPD cop who now works as an unlicensed private investigator operating just outside the law. When Scudder agrees to help a heroin trafficker hunt down the men who kidnapped and then brutally murdered his wife, the PI learns that this is not the first time these men have committed this sort of twisted crime, nor will it be the last. Blurring the lines between right and wrong, Scudder races to track the deviants through the backstreets...
8) Colossal
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (1 hr., 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. Gloria must determine why her seemingly insignificant existence has such a colossal effect on the...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hauntingly atmospheric and star-studded adaptation of Henry James' classic gothic horror story. A young, inexperienced governess is hired to look after two small children abandoned by their uncle, following the death of their parents, at his grand country house. Unsettled by glimpses of ghostly figures that only she can see, she quickly believes that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Relegated to Hollow Earth, Kong feels lonely and continues to search for his family, but instead finds a fearsome enemy imprisoned and on the verge of breaking out to conquer the humans. Alongside his human family -- Jia, Ilene, Trapper, and Bernie -- he ventures above ground to recruit help from Godzilla and other Titans, but making allies from old enemies is never easy!
12) The Odyssey
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English
Description
"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
13) The guest
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
14) The Iliad
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Series
Language
English
Description
When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017--revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)--critics lauded it as "a revelation" (Susan Chira, New York Times) and "a cultural landmark" (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer's other...
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Get ready for the wildest and most adventure-filled night as Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
16) The cobbler
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Description
1 videodisc (98 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Max Simkin repairs shoes in the same New York shop that has been in his family for generations. Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way. Sometimes walking in another man's shoes is the only way one can discover who they really are.
17) Vamps
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two sassy female vampires live the high life in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize her immortality. Have hundreds of years of dating and partying finally taught these two how to find Mr. Right? And when they do, will he be worth the sacrifice?
18) Kill switch
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in a future version of the world, the video game-style plot follows an experiment for unlimited energy, harnessing parallel universes, which goes wrong. Chased by drones and soldiers, pilot and physicist Will Porter must race through an imploding world to get the Redivider box to a tower that will save humanity, including his family, in the real world.
20) Marshall
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (1 hr., 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career defining cases.
